The Royals announced that they have selected the contract of left-hander Evan Sisk. He was set to become a minor league free agent but the Royals will keep him in the organization by giving him a 40-man spot.
Sisk, 28 in April, was drafted by the Cardinals back in 2018. The 16th-rounder has since been a part of two notable trades. He went to the Twins as part of the July 2021 deal that sent J.A. Happ to the Cardinals and then to the Royals as part of the January 2023 trade that sent Michael A. Taylor to Minnesota.
A sidearming lefty, Sisk’s minor league career has thus far been defined by decent numbers of strikeouts and grounders but also a high number of walks. Over the past four years, he has thrown 234 1/3 innings, allowing 3.34 earned runs per nine. He has walked 12.6% of batters faced in that time but also punched out 27.9% of them while getting grounders about half the time that batters do put the ball in play.
Despite the apparent control issues, the Royals are intrigued by the overall package. Players with seven years in the minors, including 2020, are eligible for minor league free agency. The Royals clearly didn’t want that to happen, so they’ve added Sisk to their roster and into their relief mix.
KC just grasping at straws now trying to justify spending out of their range last year and acting like they belong in the conversation. I’ve seen this too many times with the Padres. Both teams desperately need a rebuild .
What an odd take.
It’s accurate and on point. It’s data driven and I don’t feel like posting my spread sheet here. You’re just going to have to trust me.
My poop towel has more info than your spreadsheet!
Lol what? It ain’t that deep dude. This is the kind of roster shuffling procedural move that every team gets into early in the offseason.
Their offseason started October 11th. They are already 21 days into it. It’s not early
Son of Doug?
Today they went out and spent money and signed Michael Wacha to a 3-year contract to keep him after he had a very good year with the Royals.
Sisk is maybe a bullpen piece for next year or maybe not but he’s just been added to the roster. Heck by the time spring training gets here he may or may not be on the roster.